{"id":13919,"date":"2019-08-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/kynbundinn-launamunur-ekki-til-stadar-hja-hafnarfjardarbae\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:01:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:01:58","slug":"there-is-no-gender-pay-gap-at-hafnarfjordur-municipality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/kynbundinn-launamunur-ekki-til-stadar-hja-hafnarfjardarbae\/","title":{"rendered":"No gender pay gap at Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Municipality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Results
\nFollow-up audits of the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's equal pay system show continued positive results.
\ndevelopment towards pay equality within the municipality. Unexplained pay difference is
\nno longer present and the deviation further decreases between withdrawals, is now 2%,
\nin favour of men and has thus decreased by 2.8% since the municipality received
\nEqual Pay Certification two years ago. <\/em><\/p>\n

A maintenance certification, carried out this August by BSI in Iceland, an accredited certification body, reveals 1.4% less deviation than was measured in the last audit in December.
\n2018. In August 2017 the spread was 4.8%, in favour of men, in December 2018 it was 3.4% but
\nis now, after measurements began, at a historic low of 2%. At the same time
\nThe findings show that no unexplained pay gap is now found in
\nthe activities of the municipality. The results of BSI's maintenance certification in Iceland confirm
\nthat the municipality continues to meet the requirements set out in accordance with
\nthe equal pay standard \u00cdST 85:2012. The City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur was the first municipality on
\nIceland to receive equal pay certification and the equal pay mark from the Ministry of Welfare in
\nAugust 2017.<\/p>\n

Success is the result of effort.
\ncooperation and targeted measures<\/strong><\/p>\n

The municipality operates in accordance with equality
\nand human rights policy<\/a> which was adopted in February 2017 and Equality plan<\/a>
\nwhich is an action plan on equality matters, drawn up for a period of four years at a time. \u201eWe have taken our equal pay work very seriously
\nand the results have not been lacking. Unexplained pay differences now belong to the past.
\nThe history and development of the gender pay gap in this long-term project is very positive.
\nin a short time. The result is the product of the work of the municipal authorities and
\nthere has been a unanimous will within the group to achieve this goal\u201c <\/em>says R\u00f3sa
\nGu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, the mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, who is hopefully proud of the result.
\nand pleased with the results of the review. In recent months and years, a great deal of work has been done.
\ntakes place within the equal pay system and undertakes actions that have been formulated and targeted
\nbetween withdrawals. The equal pay system provides management with a clear view of
\npayroll analyses, improvement projects, follow-up on actions and confirmation thereof
\nthat the established equality policy is followed through. At the same time, certain
\nOrganisational changes have been made to support future development.
\nof the equal pay scheme and a human resources representative was appointed to support the area.
\nFurther work on the review of job classification and review is forthcoming.
\njob descriptions, as well as improving access to information. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ni\u00f0urst\u00f6\u00f0ur vi\u00f0halds\u00fattektar \u00e1 jafnlaunakerfi Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar s\u00fdna \u00e1framhaldandi j\u00e1kv\u00e6\u00f0a \u00fer\u00f3un \u00ed \u00e1tt a\u00f0 launajafnr\u00e9tti innan sveitarf\u00e9lagsins. \u00d3\u00fatsk\u00fdr\u00f0ur launamismunur er ekki lengur til sta\u00f0ar og fr\u00e1vik minnka enn frekar milli \u00fattekta, er n\u00fa 2%, k\u00f6rlum \u00ed hag og hefur \u00feannig minnka\u00f0 um 2,8% fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 sveitarf\u00e9lagi\u00f0 f\u00e9kk jafnlaunavottun fyrir tveimur \u00e1rum s\u00ed\u00f0an. Vi\u00f0haldsvottun, sem framkv\u00e6md var […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13919"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}